What is the slope of the line passing through the following points: $(5, 3), (- 1, 5)$ $(5, 3), (-1, 5)$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-02-26T00:44:24

The slope is $m = - \frac{1}{3}$ $m =-1/3$

The formula for slope is $m = \frac{y_{2} - y_{1}}{x_{2} - x_{1}}$ $m =(y_2 - y_1)/(x_2-x_1)$

For the points (5,3) and (-1,5) where
$x_{1} = 5$ $x_1 = 5$
$y_{1} = 3$ $y_1 =3$
$x_{2} = - 1$ $x_2 = -1$
$y_{2} = 5$ $y_2 = 5$

$m = \frac{y_{2} - y_{1}}{x_{2} - x_{1}}$ $m =(y_2 - y_1)/(x_2-x_1)$

$m = \frac{5 - 3}{- 1 - 5}$ $m =(5 - 3)/(-1 - 5)$

$m = \frac{2}{- 6}$ $m = 2/-6$

$m = - \frac{1}{3}$ $m =-1/3$

What is the slope of the line passing through the following points: (5, 3), (-1, 5) (5,3),(−1,5)(5, 3), (-1, 5) ?